Nobile Opens North Pole Flight From Spitzbergen
General Umberto Nobile started for the North Pole in the dirigible Italia at 4 35 am from Kings Bay Spitzbergen with favorable weather yet cautious about pole landing. The flight aims to reach the Pole and pass Greenland with close observations depending on ice cap conditions.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
U.P
Umberto Nobile
North Pole
Italia
Nobile
Greenland
Pole
New Oil Well for Muskegon Produces 850 BPD
Muskegon oil fields announce their sixteenth producing well with about 850 barrels per day. The new bore is a Lakeshore Petroleum site on the cedar farms at the foot of the hills along the Muskegon river’s north bank.
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Muskegon
Muskegon River
Texas Conclave Splits Over Delegate Fight
Texas Republicans split at a Dallas convention as Hoover supporters and an uninstructed faction clashed. Chaos followed the rift with a plate glass door smashed at city hall and CGC Littleton jailed briefly on bond. Both sides held separate conventions to push their delegate plans ahead of Kansas City.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
City Hall
CGC
Littleton
Republican State Committee
Harry M. Wirzbach
Lone Star
Hoover
National Committee
Kangag City
Ri ‘Bo Groger
Brownsville
Republican National
Heavy Fighting Report In China
London reports heavy fighting in major clashes between Chinese Nationalists and northern forces across a wide front near Peking. The front runs from Nakkon Pass through Paotingfu to Tsang-Chow with about 400000 troops engaged in the drive.
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London
England
U.P
Peking
Chang Tso-Lin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peng Yu-Hsiang
Nakkon Pass
Paotingfu
Tsang-Chow
Tokio
Seventeen Miners Die In Yukon Pocahontas Mine Disaster
Charleston West Virginia May 23 Seventeen miners were killed in an explosion last night at Yukon Pocahontas Coal company No 1 mine in Yukon West Virginia Earl Lambie chief of the West Virginia bureau of mines said today Thirteen bodies were recovered and four remain in the mine The mine normally employs 350 men but was running below capacity at the time of the blast
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Charleston
West Virginia
U.P
Yukon“ Pocahontas Coal Company
Yukon
Earl Lambie
West Virginia Bureau of Mines
Lambie
President Vetoes Farm Relief Bill in Senate Deadlock
President Calvin Coolidge vetoed the McNary Haugen farm relief bill for the second time in two years. He argued the measure misprices outputs and imposes costly political control on distribution, claiming it would fail to provide real relief and would burden farmers. The bill faces slim chances in the Senate where it originated.
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Washington
U.P
Coolidge
Senate
Congress
Altho
Rains Boost Crop Condition Across Lower Peninsula
East Lansing May 23 The weekly U S Weather Bureau bulletin says recent rains eased moisture shortages and improved grain pasture and garden crops, with conditions excellent except where winter killed. Field work progresses since Sunday as corn potatoes and garden plantings advance.
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East Lansing
Mich
U.P
Lower Peninsula
United States Weather Bureau
Three Coal Mine Disasters Kill More Than 225
United Press reports over 225 men died in three coal mine disasters in Pennsylvania Kentucky and West Virginia since Saturday. At Mather Pennsylvania 196 men were killed and 63 bodies recovered tonight with 14 survivors. Yukon West Virginia and Kinver Kentucky also suffered fatalities with dozens still missing or escaped.
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United Press
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
West Virginia
Mather
Yukon
Black Mountain Coal Corporation
Kinver
Lindbergh Heads New Air Transport Committee
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh joins Transcontinental Air Transport as head of the technical committee. He will oversee plane selection, landing fields, routes and safety devices while not claiming to be a member of the firm. The project contemplates a night train link from New York to Columbus and onward by air to Wichita and California with daylight flights over safer routes.
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New York
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Air Mail Service
Paris
Transcontinental Air Transport Corporation
Lindbergh
Ocean Flier
Transport Corporation
Pennsylvania
Santese
San Francisco
Coluimbrs
Ohio
Wichita
Kansas
New Mexico
California
Chicago
The
Fhat
Altho Lindbergh
Memorial Day Proclamation by the Governor
The governor urges statewide observance of Memorial Day on Wednesday May 30 1928. He honors veterans from the Grand Army of the Republic Spanish American War and World War I while noting their sacrifices preserved democracy and freedom. The proclamation cites the 10th anniversary of World War I and is signed by Governor Fred W Green and Secretary John S Haggerty.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Commonwealth
Fred W. Green
Republicans fret over farm plank at convention
Washington May 23 Republicans fear a clash over the McNary Haugen farm relief plank as President Coolidge vetoes the farm bill. Lowden signals focus on agricultural stance while Hoover faces anti-Klan associations. Kansas City convention looms with a potential heated contest over farm policy and other standard planks.
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Washington
McNary- Haugen
Bill Plank
Coolidge
Frank O. Lowden
Iinois
Mid-Western
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Kansas City
William G. McAdoo
Alfred EB. Smith
Lowden
McAdoo
Smith
Senator Borah
Idaho
Will Hays
Continental Trading Company
Liberty Bonds
Harry I. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Borah
World Court
Pension boost for Civil War widow veterans approved
President Coolidge signed a bill raising the monthly pension for Civil War veteran widows aged 7 years or older from eighty to forty dollars. The second item notes a German three wheeled automobile with an almost enclosed front wheel to prevent mud on vehicle sides.
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Washington
U.P
Coolidge
Pension for Firemen and Police Proposed Here
Nathan Yoseph former Ludington fire chief and Michigan State Firemen’s association leader visits with petitions seeking a constitutional amendment to pension policemen and firemen. If enough signatures are gathered the measure goes to the November ballot.
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Nathan Yoseph
Ludington
Michigan State Firemen’s Association
John McCall
Mt. Pleasant
Saginaw
Firemen’s Association
Michigan State College appoints Shaw after Butterfield exit
East Lansing May 23. Resignation of Dr Kenyon L Butterfield as president of Michigan State college was accepted by the state board of agriculture. R S Shaw dean of agriculture becomes president, with Butterfield’s salary continued to January 7 1929. The board extended Butterfield’s leave and forced his departure after months of tension and staff firings.
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East Lansing
Kenyon L. Butterfield
Michigan State College
State Board of Agriculture
M. B. McPherson
Howell
Herbert Gowdy
Union Pier
R. S. Shaw
J. D. Willard
John ‘Phelan
Butterfield
Lansing
Jason Hammond
Detroit wholesalers banquet draws sixty plus local business men
Seventy two local business men attended the Detroit wholesalers banquet at the Masonic Temple hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary. Guests from Detroit rode in by bus after lunch in Ithaca and were welcomed by E. E. Prine. The program featured remarks by W. D. Hood and C. L. Heath with talks on retail issues and community service, plus an acclaimed Indian school orchestra providing music.
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Detroit
American Legion Auxiliary
Masonic Temple
Motor City
Ithaca
E. E. Prine
Detroit Board Ofommerce
C. E. Franke
F. G. Randell
A. H
Campbell
W. D. Hood
Mt. Pleasant
Floyd Johnson
Middle West
Indian School
Seven Bodies Found After Kentucky Blast
Seven bodies are recovered from Mine No 30 of the Black Mountain Coal Corp at Kinver Kentucky after a gas explosion last night. Eight bodies remain in the mine as rescue crews work. Officials say the blast was not as large as earlier reports and the cause is undetermined.
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Jiarlan
Kentucky
U.P
Black Mountain Coal Corporation
Kinver
Berlin tests first rocket auto speed record at Avus track
Berlin May 23 The rocket auto built by scientists reached over 126.25 mph in 40 seconds at Avus race track with 87 mph from a standing start in six seconds. Reporters hailed the test and predicted a rocket airplane could cut transatlantic flight to five hours within six years. Construction secrets are guarded though it will use rocket discharges and glide descent.
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Berlin
Germany
New York
United Press
Dow Company Lays Pipe Line Near Rosebush
The Dow Chemical Company began digging a trench for a pipe line from a factory to a well in Isabella township near Rosebush. The well was completed in May 1925 but has never been piped to the factory.
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Dow Chemical Company
Isabella Township
Rosebush
Pittsburgh concern leases 2600 acres in Gilmore Township
A Times report from Gilmore notes Athens Gas Corporation of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania has leased over 2600 acres of land in Gilmore Township.
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Pittsburgh Concern
Gilmore Township
Times
Gilmore
The
Athens Gas Corporation of
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Vigilante Bankers Gather for County Banquet and Training
Members from Shepherd Winn Blanchard Rosebush Weidman and Mt. Pleasant banks met at the Park hotel with sheriff and deputies for a vigilante protection program. Captains Clayborn Johns and Lt Carney spoke on police methods, and W. K. Willman outlined plans to improve organization and provide guns badges and ammo with regular target practice sessions.
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Park Hotel
Shepherd
Winn
Blanchard
Rosebush
Weidman
Mt. Pleasant Banks
County Bankers Federation
Clayborn
Johns
Michigan State College
Carney
W. K. Willman
Michigan governor cites crowded state institutions and need for reform
Gov. Fred W. Green told United Press the state faces acute overcrowding in welfare industrial and penal facilities. At Coldwater public school 165 children waited from April 30 for placements though capacity is 350. Green plans to study conditions and push recommendations to the legislature, with state housing factors addressed after the next regular session.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan Welfare, Industrial and Penal Institutio
Fred W. Green
United Press
Nubli¢É
Coldwater
Green
Enamel Works Production Up at Mt Pleasant Plant
Charles B. Reeve, local manager of the American Enameled Products Co, says the Mt Pleasant plant has seen six months of steady output growth and current unfilled orders will keep it at capacity for weeks. Carload shipments go to California Oklahoma Texas and New Jersey as 650 men and 15 women are employed. New color baked enamels and six standard colors expand offerings with ongoing cabinet and fixture model introductions.
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Charles B. Reeve
American Enameled Products Company
Mt. Pleasant
California
Oklahoma
Texas
New Jersey
Mr. Reeve
Mr Pleasant
Hosiery Salesmen Accused of Deception in Multiple Cities
Reports state two salesmen from New Jersey misrepresented silk hosiery as sample stock. They sold full fashioned pure silk hose, took orders and deposits, then delivered rayon seamless hosiery. Discharged from Longwear Silk Hosiery and later joined Real Value Hosiery, both firms deny ongoing contact. Names given: Frank Savannah of W Caldwell and an unnamed Jack Haigh alias. Last orders from Buffalo and Rochester with intent toward Detroit.
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Washington
Toledo
Cleveland
Dayton
Columbus
Longwear Hosiery Company
Newark
N. J
Longwear Silk Hosiery Company
Reak Value Hosiery Company
Buffalo
Rochester
Detroit
Frank Savannah
Bloomfield Ave
Jack Haigh
Jack
Huskies Enter Olympic Tryout on Hudson Regatta
The University of Washington crew earned an impressive showing at the intercollegiate regatta on the Hudson on June 19. Coach Al Ulbricksen received faculty permission to enter the varsity eight in the 2000 meter Olympic trials on the Schuylkill in Philadelphia July 6 and 7 for a chance to represent the United States in Amsterdam.
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Seattle
Wash
U.R
University of Washington
Hudson
United States
Nimsterdam
al’ Ulbricksen
Schuylkill
Philade ‘Phia
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Oslo
Norway
Vadsoe
Vadsee
China
West
Virginia
AIR Corporation
John S. Haggerty
P. Wits
Issue
Shaw
Michigan
Board of Agriculture
Detroit Men's
Metropolis
Dow Company
Bankers OF County
Vigilanti
Olympic
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